Welcome

Welcome to the Matthew Kettle & Kettle Productions website. I'm a freelance sound engineer specialising in FOH live sound, studio and location recording.

If you would like to know more about what I do, please head over to the About Me page.

You can contact me by using the form on the Contact page.

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After a very busy summer with Marina and The Diamonds, I'm rejoining the Keane as FOH engineer, on their campaign to promote their 4th consecutive UK No 1 album "Strangeland" around the world. You can find tour dates at their official website.
 
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I'm pleased to be starting a new campaign with Marina and The Diamonds to promote her new album "Electra Heart", which recently debuted at No1 in the UK album charts. There will be dates throughout 2012, including support dates with Coldplay in Europe and North America.
 
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The Arctic Monkeys "Suck It and See" tour reached it's landmark 100th show last night in Paris. The tour continues with more dates in France and a forthcoming tour in the US with the Black Keys from March through May, as well as Coachella in April and festival headline dates in South America.

More schedule information here.

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I've been nominated for FOH Engineer of the year in the TPi 2012 Awards. It's always a thrill to be nominated for this prestigious industry award.


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I recently participated in a discussion about issues surounding live and studio engineering with a group of well-known engineers for the September 2011 issue of Sound On Sound Magazine.
You can read the article online here.

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I've very pleased to have just found out that I have been nominated for Best Live Sound Engineer in the Audio Pro International 2011 awards. You can read a full list of award nominations at their website.

 

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The Arctic Monkeys' new album, called "Suck It and See" will be released on June 6th, 2011. They will be embarking on a worldwide concert tour to promote it. I'm very happy to be rejoining them as FOH sound engineer.

Click the read more button to see the video for the first single "Don't Sit Down Because I've Moved Your Chair" and a small film shot during the studio sessions for the record.

Tour date information is available here.

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I'm delighted to have been nominated for FOH Engineer of the Year, for the the third year running, at the TPi Awards 2011. Thanks to everyone that decided to vote for me!

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